Author Topic: Will try to keep the forum up, but just in case... (Read 7840 times)

mudworm · « **on:** April 22, 2020, 09:53:54 AM »

We received notification that the old PHP version will only be available for 6 more days before a full upgrade on April 29. We are taking Aaron's help to try to upgrade the forum in order to work with the newer PHP version and keep it up and running for ever and ever, but I thought it would not be fair to the folks if we don't communicate with you about this deadline.

I am very hopeful that we will be able to survive through it, esp. with Aaron's help, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared for all outcomes.

Brad Young · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2020, 10:53:48 AM »

Thanks for letting us know, thanks for the effort, and good luck!!!

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2020, 02:30:01 PM »

A pre-emptive sayonara just in case.

F4? · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2020, 07:34:21 PM »

Let me know if you need help, I can volunteer James.

Thanks for keeping the forum alive.

BTW, this is an Anti-Neil Young and Joe Walsh forum.

NOAL · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2020, 09:23:20 PM »

I dunno . I kinda like the James Gang.[ Invalid YouTube link ]

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F4? · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2020, 11:06:38 PM »

mudworm · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2020, 07:59:35 AM »

Mr. Mud, see, I told you! Not much will be missing if this forum ceased to exist!

F4? · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2020, 11:30:14 AM »

My hard won post counts, gotta preserve them....

mynameismud · « **Reply #8 on:** April 24, 2020, 11:04:08 PM »

It must stay online.

it must

F4? · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2020, 08:09:42 AM »

Well I always can harass Mr. Mud

briham89 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2020, 07:56:19 PM »

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it must

NOAL · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:13:30 PM »

It's different. Anybody else see green?

mudworm · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:29:48 PM »

Quote from: NOAL on April 25, 2020, 09:13:30 PM

It's different. Anybody else see green?

Spent a few hours on this thing already. Been battling issues, bizarre behaviors, and mysteries, so right now, I'm seeing stars.

Imagine you want to change your house, but do not feel confident in making drastic changes to it in one shot because many people are living in it. So you replicate the house on the side, which oddly is an easy task. You spend days hammering away in that replicated house and trying out ideas, but none works the way you intended. Frustrated, you come out to take a breather, only to find out that all the windows and doors of the original house mysteriously vanished. You didn't even touch it!

Oh well, this forum is right now looking weird. I don't have any explanation. At least, the words are still here.

Again, brace for the worst outcome.

BTW, it looks like changing a browser might change the appearance of the forum too.

NOAL · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2020, 09:38:54 PM »

You have a lot of patience. Sounds very frustrating. Thanks for all your hours of work.

Green forum is ok by me. Now it's back to normal tho.

F4? · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2020, 11:23:33 PM »

Thanks!

Hope the forum does get a full reboot.

mudworm · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2020, 12:19:21 AM »

I'm disappointed in myself. I told Mr. Mud that I would not pull an all nighter, and yet, here I am. :failure:

But I think I got the upgrade figured out. At least, my side house is all transformed. Only hope to put in all the same hacks and workarounds here. Will do it on Sunday (yeah, today, but I need some sleep first, and maybe even get a bike ride in first). Will be putting the forum in maintenance mode for a few hours when I work on it. That's when I'll ask for everyone's patience.

mudworm · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2020, 12:23:08 AM »

I’ll put the forum in maintenance mode in the afternoon and hope to bring it back up online by 5pm all upgraded and all, but it might extend later if things do not go smoothly.

Thank you all for your patience.

Brad Young · « **Reply #17 on:** April 26, 2020, 08:29:36 AM »

Wow, nothing's changed! Which, I think, was the whole point?

Thanks for the work, all of which remains invisible (other than for a few hours there).

mudworm · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2020, 06:55:29 PM »

Things changed a little bit, but oh well, sometimes, we just have to let the past go.

But otherwise, the major upgrade of the forum is now complete. I have updated the PHP to the latest version, and things are still working, so we will be good for some time. I think.

Okay, now I need to get back to my work in preparation for Monday. You all carry on playing here....

P.S. I just noticed that the embedded Youtube videos are not showing. Good! (Oh, did I say that out loud?) For now, you can just paste that ID into youtube URL and can still view it, so I won't treat this with high urgency. I'll try to work on it in a future weekend.

P.P.S. that was the only glitch I personally noticed from the upgrade. Please do let me know if you notice other bugs, so I can have a list of to dos.

mynameismud · « **Reply #19 on:** April 26, 2020, 07:11:30 PM »

Mudworm you are the best and so humble, thank for the all the hours, the very late night, and mostly giving up you weekend. Your the best and a true Master.

Again, many thanks. We all owe you one.

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